100 Quotes About Child

We are all raising our children today. And as we do, we need to remember to nurture and care for them as they grow. This is especially true for those who have special needs. We all want the best for our children and show them the world as we see it Read more

But if your child is autistic or has other special needs, their way of seeing the world might be just a little different than yours. Thankfully, there are some inspirational and wise quotes about raising children that can give you some ideas on how to help your child along the way.

A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an...
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A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children Markus Zusak
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When God Created Mothers"When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one." And God said, "Have you read the specs on this order?" She has to be completely washable, but not plastic. Have 180 moveable parts..all replaceable. Run on black coffee and leftovers. Have a lap that disappears when she stands up. A kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg to a disappointed love affair. And six pairs of hands." The angel shook her head slowly and said. "Six pairs of hands.. no way." It's not the hands that are causing me problems, " God remarked, "it's the three pairs of eyes that mothers have to have." That's on the standard model?" asked the angel. God nodded. One pair that sees through closed doors when she asks, 'What are you kids doing in there?' when she already knows. Another here in the back of her head that sees what she shouldn't but what she has to know, and of course the ones here in front that can look at a child when he goofs up and say. 'I understand and I love you' without so much as uttering a word." God, " said the angel touching his sleeve gently, "Get some rest tomorrow.." I can't, " said God, "I'm so close to creating something so close to myself. Already I have one who heals herself when she is sick..can feed a family of six on one pound of hamburger..and can get a nine year old to stand under a shower." The angel circled the model of a mother very slowly. "It's too soft, " she sighed. But tough! " said God excitedly. "You can imagine what this mother can do or endure." Can it think?" Not only can it think, but it can reason and compromise, " said the Creator. Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek. There's a leak, " she pronounced. "I told You that You were trying to put too much into this model." It's not a leak, " said the Lord, "It's a tear." What's it for?" It's for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneliness, and pride." You are a genius, " said the angel. Somberly, God said, "I didn't put it there. Erma Bombeck
The soul is healed by being with children.
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The soul is healed by being with children. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children. Karl Lagerfeld
I don't remember who said this, but there really are...
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I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child. Anne Lamott
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Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them. Bill Ayers
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That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love -- you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents. Ursula Hegi
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While I was drying off Maddie after her bath tonight, she said, 'I love you' to me for the first time. It sounded like 'All lub boo, ' but I didn't care. To reciprocate, I showed her what an ex- Marine looks like when he cries. Jim Beaver
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What it means to be human is to bring up your children in safety, educate them, keep them healthy, teach them how to care for themselves and others, allow them to develop in their own way among adults who are sane and responsibile, who know the value of the world and not its economic potential. It means art, it means time, it means all the invisibles never counted by the GDP and the census figures. It means knowing that life has an inside as well as an outside. And I think it means love. . Jeanette Winterson
While we try to teach our children all about life,...
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While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. Angela Schwindt
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So now you must choose.. Are you a child who has not yet become world-weary? Or are you a philosopher who will vow never to become so? To children, the world and everything in it is new, something that gives rise to astonishment. It is not like that for adults. Most adults accept the world as a matter of course. This is precisely where philosophers are a notable exception. A philosopher never gets quite used to the world. To him or her, the world continues to seem a bit unreasonable - bewildering, even enigmatic. Philosophers and small children thus have an important faculty in common. The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder… . Jostein Gaarder
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It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. It is wrong also to seek immortality by spewing one's germ into the future as though sperm contains your consciousness! Irvin D. Yalom
I think when you become a parent you go from...
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I think when you become a parent you go from being a star in the movie of your own life to the supporting player in the movie of someone else's. Craig Ferguson
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Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they show a big smile while hiding negative feelings deep inside? Children donÂ’t usually act in such a manner. If they feel angry with someone, they express it, and then it is finished. They can still play with that person the following day. Dalai Lama Xiv
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Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself... You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. Kahlil Gibran
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No sight so sad as that of a naughty child, " he began, "especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked go after death?"" They go to hell, " was my ready and orthodox answer." And what is hell? Can you tell me that?"" A pit full of fire."" And should you like to fall into that pit, and to be burning there for ever?"" No, sir."" What must you do to avoid it?" I deliberated a moment: my answer, when it did come was objectionable: "I must keep in good health and not die. Unknown
Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and...
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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Having children is like living in a frat house -...
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Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up. Ray Romano
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Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days. Lewis Carroll
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You can't give her that! ' she screamed. 'It's not safe! ' I T' S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.'She's a child! ' shouted Crumley.IT'S EDUCATIONAL.'What if she cuts herself?' T H A T WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON. Terry Pratchett
How is it that little children are so intelligent and...
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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it Alexandre Dumas
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Casey doesn't trust him."" Casey doesn't trust anyone, " I replied. "He's paranoid like that. I mean, come on, he's a werewolf who installed a nanny cam in his kids' room." I pointed my spoon at Ali for emphasis. "A nanny cam. Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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Staring at a world too horrible to comprehend, believing -- by dint of ignorance and innocence -- that beneath this unbearable contract of guilt and blame there is always an older contract that may bind and release in a more salutary way. Gregory Maguire
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Mr. Trask, do you think the thoughts of people suddenly become important at a given age? Do you have sharper feelings or clearer thoughts now than when you were ten? Do you see as well, hear as well, taste as vitally? John Steinbeck
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To ParentsTeach your child what they should know if not, their friends will teach them with wrong information. They will suffer the consequences of not knowing which results to hard life, suffering and being bad people with no morlas in life. Unknown
Orfanages r fule of little misstakes, just like my Englich.
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Orfanages r fule of little misstakes, just like my Englich. Anthony T. Hincks
I have no greater joy than to know that my...
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I have no greater joy than to know that my children walk in truth. Anonymous
Give your children big truths they will grow into rather...
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Give your children big truths they will grow into rather than light explanations they will grow out of. Tedd Tripp
Truth was such a tricky thing when it came to...
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Truth was such a tricky thing when it came to children. When was it good medicine and when was it poison Jane Roper
When a child is given to his parents, a crown...
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When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown! Fulton J. Sheen
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In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping down upon her knees, she said her prayer as she had never said it before, for when human help seems gone we turn to Him as naturally as lost children cry to their father, and feel sure that he will hear and answer them. Louisa May Alcott
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Come, my child, " I said, trying to lead her away. "Wish good-bye to the poor hare, and come and look for blackberries."" Good-bye, poor hare! " Sylvie obediently repeated, looking over her shoulder at it as we turned away. And then, all in a moment, her self-command gave way. Pulling her hand out of mine, she ran back to where the dead hare was lying, and flung herself down at its side in such an agony of grief as I could hardly have believed possible in so young a child." Oh, my darling, my darling! " she moaned, over and over again. "And God meant your life to be so beautiful! . Lewis Carroll
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O Heavenly Children, God's messengers are as limitless as the fish in the sea. They come in all colors, regions, languages and creeds. But their message is one and the same, don't you see? He only wishes to unite all His children under one family tree. Suzy Kassem
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Every Sunday I nudge Sam in her direction, and he walks to where she is sitting and hugs her. She smells him behind the ears, where he most smells like sweet unwashed new potatoes. This is in fact what I think God may smell like, a young child's slightly dirty neck. Anne Lamott
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Every mother should endeavor to be a true artist. I do not mean by this that every woman should be a painter, sculptor, musician, poet, or writer, but the artist who will write on the table of childish innocence thoughts she will not blush to see read in the light of eternity and printed amid the archives of heaven, that the young may learn to wear them as amulets around their hearts and throw them as bulwarks around their lives, and that in the hour of temptation and trial the voices from home may linger around their paths as angels of guidance, around their steps, and be incentives to deeds of high and holy worth. Unknown
God is love, as we love we become like God
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God is love, as we love we become like God Lailah Gifty Akita
I've been the oldest child since before you were born
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I've been the oldest child since before you were born E.L. Konigsburg
Wisdom is justified by all her children. Luke 7:35
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Wisdom is justified by all her children. Luke 7:35 Anonymous
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Only to the degree that people have what they need, that they are healthy and unafraid, that their lives are varied, interesting, meaningful, productive, joyous, can we begin to judge, or even guess, their nature. Few people, adults or children, now live such lives. John Holt
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We may learn things from one who preaches, or we may find their pontificating a waste of time–often enough, a hypocritical waste of time. What child ever preaches? Yet time spent open-heartedly with a child is never wasted. Quentin S. Crisp
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There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all. Unknown
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Suddenly I realized that I wanted everything to be as it was when I was younger. When you're young enough, you don't know that you live in a cheap lousy apartment. A cracked chair is nothing other than a chair. A dandelion growing out of a crack in the sidewalk outside your front door is a garden. You could believe that a song your parent was singing in the evening was the most tragic opera in the world. It never occurs to you when you are very young to need something other than what your parents have to offer you. Heather ONeill
Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They...
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Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. Charles Alexander Eastman
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A meaningful life comes with the health, happiness and productivity of our children, family and ourselves. So many people get their wires crossed seeking material goods; the things that make them feel better as a means to happiness. The comfort of knowing our love ones are healthy and happy is the treasure we should seek. That’s where happiness rest, laying there for us beyond measure. Ron Baratono
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There's nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help in any way I can, even if it's just by signing an autograph. A child's smile is worth more than all the money in the world. Lionel Messi
She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her...
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She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her hand. I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting. Ransom Riggs
A baby is God's opinion that the world should go...
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A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. Carl Sandburg
And as I watched him, I knew that in every...
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And as I watched him, I knew that in every dark night there was, somewhere, a small light burning that could never be quenched. Juliet Marillier
I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a...
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I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a greater knowledge of the love of Christ than I do, much like standing on one's shoulders in order to get a clearer view of the valley. Criss Jami
The visions we offer our children shape the future. It...
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The visions we offer our children shape the future. It _matters_ what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps. Carl Sagan
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A DAY LAYE""Every dawn of our lives a heart is forged and Linked with lore to one so similar Born with blessed life dust Stored beneath its soul To bless and pass onto its children Even though the wind may blow it all away Don't ever worry 'cos I'm your friend. Marc Bolan
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Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us, resolved that, by our sacrifice and daring, these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance or denied their right to live in a free and decent world." Winston Churchill Christmas Eve Message, 1941 as printed in "In the Dark Streets Shineth. David McCullough
When our dreams don’t come true, sometimes we can hand...
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When our dreams don’t come true, sometimes we can hand them down to our children and hope that they will come true for them. The joy can be immeasurable just the same. Isabel Lopez
Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best...
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Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future. John F. Kennedy
What else is a child, but hope? Hope for the...
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What else is a child, but hope? Hope for the future, hope for one's own salvation, hope for a tomorrow that shines as bright and warm as the best yesterday you can remember. Emily Littlejohn
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It seems as you'll never know the rights of it; but that doesn't hinder there being a rights, Master Marner, for all it's dark to you and me.'' No, ' said Silas, 'no; that doesn't hinder. Since the time the child was sent to me and I've come to love her as myself, I've had light enough to trusten by; and now she says she'll never leave me, I think I shall trusten until I die. George Eliot
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Trap. Horrible trap. At one’s birth it is sprung. Some last day must arrive. When you will need to get out of this body. Bad enough. Then we bring a baby here. The terms of the trap are compounded. That baby also must depart. All pleasures should be tainted by that knowledge. But hopeful dear us, we forget. Lord, what is this? George Saunders
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I do have hope. Nature is enormously resilient, humans are vastly intelligent, the energy and enthusiasm that can be kindled among young people seems without limit, and he human spirit is indomitable. But if we want life, we will have to stop depending on someone else to save the world. It is up to us-you and me, all of us. Myself, I have placed my faith in the children. Jane Goodall
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I have hope in children. In children and warriors. In children who fuck like children and warriors who fight like brave men. Unknown
Each child’s story is worthy of telling. There shouldn’t be...
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Each child’s story is worthy of telling. There shouldn’t be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing. Anderson Cooper
[Children] just cannot be sad too long, it is not...
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[Children] just cannot be sad too long, it is not in them, as children mourn in little bits here and there like patchwork in their lives. Nancy E. Turner
Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have...
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Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death. Erik H. Erikson
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A child's reaction to this type of calamity is twofold and extreme. Not knowing how deeply, powerfully, life drops anchor into its vast sources of recuperation, he is bound to envisage, at once, the very worst; yet at the same time, because of his inability to imagine death, the worst remains totally unreal to him. Gerard went on repeating: "Paul's dying; Paul's going to die"' but he did not believe it. Paul's death would be part of the dream, a dream of snow, of journeying forever. . Jean Cocteau
What you don't think about when you're planning for children...
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What you don't think about when you're planning for children is when you're going to teach them how not to be killed Darnell Lamont Walker
Wasn't there only one respectable memento of a man worth...
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Wasn't there only one respectable memento of a man worth keeping, the kind that draws Valentines and learns to spell Mississippi? Lionel Shriver
Come away, O human child! To the waters and the...
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Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. W.b. Yeats
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Pirate Captain Jim"Walk the plank, " says Pirate Jim"But Captain Jim, I cannot swim."" Then you must steer us through the gale."" But Captain Jim, I cannot sail."" Then down with the galley slaves you go."" But Captain Jim, I cannot row."" Then you must be the pirate's clerk."" But Captain Jim, I cannot work. Shel Silverstein
One! two! and through and through The vorpal blade went...
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One! two! and through and through The vorpal blade went snickersnack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back. Lewis Carroll
The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but...
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The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but write and write. Although they've nothing much to say, They write and write it anyway.... Jack Prelutsky
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Your children are the greatest gift God will give to you, and their souls the heaviest responsibility He will place in your hands. Take time with them, teach them to have faith in God. Be a person in whom they can have faith. When you are old, nothing else you've done will have mattered as much. Lisa Wingate
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Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its hole. Eudora Welty
There's only one person who needs a glass of water...
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There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write. Mignon McLaughlin
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Eating was still a sore point with Smriti.She failed to understand, when interesting options like mango juice or chocolates were available, why was she forced by her stupid mother to eat boring regular meals? After much contemplation, Nikhil came up with a suggestion' Don't give her food till she herself asks for it'. His idea'starve-to know-the-worth-of -food'made sense to Abhilasha, though it took her a great deal of resolve before she could actually try it out. So on a sunday, the'lady with an iron will'took over from'the soft and kind hearted mother'.she did not give her anything to eat and waited for the golden moment, expecting a hungry Smriti to beg for food. But the much awaited moment never came. Smriti was not at all bothered about her meal and kept playing happily. The day turned into evening and still there was no trace of hunger in her." Aren't you feeling hungry?' now a worried mother had no option but to eat the humble pie and ask the daughter." No Maa. My friend Pinky had brought wafers and chocolates. Those were so yummy that I ate them all..." And that was the end of her'starve-to -know-the-worth-of-food-mission. Chitralekha Paul
Happy children do not seem to grow up to be...
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Happy children do not seem to grow up to be writers. Piers Anthony
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A lot of (children's literature) beginners get bogged down by morals. A moral should never be driving the story. And a moral should never be confused with a plot. You can't preach to kids, and you can't talk down to them, either. It's amazing how they sense condescension. Patty Smith
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A child’s imaginary playmate just might actually be there. Doug Dillon
The only difference between a grown-up's mistake and a child's...
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The only difference between a grown-up's mistake and a child's is the size of the consequence. Teresa R. Funke
The tears are falling freely now, and I don't care...
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The tears are falling freely now, and I don't care if he sees them. They're tears of relief for my nephew, worry for my grandfather and my brother, and shame for my mistake. I figure I earned them. Teresa R. Funke
Every good gift comes from God.
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Every good gift comes from God. Lailah Gifty
Give A Child Some Measure Of Confidence And You Have...
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Give A Child Some Measure Of Confidence And You Have Caused Him To Stand On Equal Footing With His Counterparts... Agu
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Always cherish the gift of reading. Lisa McFarland
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A child is not a Christian child, not a Muslim child, but a child of Christian parents or a child of Muslim parents. This latter nomenclature, by the way, would be an excellent piece of consciousness-raising for the children themselves. A child who is told she is a 'child of Muslim parents' will immediately realize that religion is something for her to choose -or reject- when she becomes old enough to do so. Richard Dawkins
My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a...
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My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can. Frank Zappa
Children know by instinct that hell is an absence of...
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Children know by instinct that hell is an absence of love, and they can pick out theirs without missing. Flannery OConnor
We are the children of the living God.
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We are the children of the living God. Lailah Gifty Akita
Your children will smash your understanding, knowledge and reality. You...
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Your children will smash your understanding, knowledge and reality. You will be better off. Then they will leave. You'll miss them forever. Tibor Kalman
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Education does not exist for the benefit of students or for the benefit of their parents. It's exists for the benefit of social order. You do not need to be a student or have a child who is a student to benefit from education. Every second of every day of your life, you benefit from education. Saminu Kanti
The Creator favors the man who loves over the man...
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The Creator favors the man who loves over the man who hates. If you teach hatred to your children, one day your child will have that hatred reflected back onto them, or onto you. Suzy Kassem
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About my father... My father was a very simple person. When I was small I never understood why he is so simple actually I disliked it. He use to go to office and return late and have dinner with us. I use to think he never stood for me on anything. But he was the person who uses to take me to the market for Diwali shopping. He uses to give me 20 Rs to eat at school when he had only 30. He tried to fulfill all my wishes in his range. He uses to take me on his bicycle after school tuition and walk while making me sit on bicycle. He uses to scare away lizards for me. He uses to play with me. He was the one who told me to work hard when I failed. He never scolded me for studies but only when I killed an insect intentionally. He was the one who taught me physics and mathematics. Once he found a wounded parrot on the road and he bought him home. He brought medicine for him and applied it on his wounds. Later on a cat took that parrot and he ran after her but the parrot died. He did not had proper food for three four days. He spent each and every penny of his earning for our happiness and never forgot to return any pending amount. He use to talk to us but very less and joke sometimes. His style was very different, we use to tell him to use dye or color on his hairs but he always refused. And when he smiled and laughed he doesn’t stop. For every question he had one answer:-“ T R U S T GOD HE WILL DO EVERYTHING, HE IS THE ONE WHO DOES EVERYTHING”. He uses to discuss with us lot on Bhagwat Gita. Once he told me:- “ Bade prem se milna jag mae sabse aye insaan na jane kis vesh mae tujse mil jayen bhagwaan(meet each person with full love as you never know in which form god will come in front of you)”. To that I replied:-“ But according to Bhagwat gita this is kalyug and all will deceive you if you do that”. He never drunk alcohol or had non-veg. His habits were like —“If he don’t want to do something he will not do it”. But later on he started consulting me (A foolish person like me). I use to shout at him each time I was leaving home as he use to put my wallet at some secret safe place. And when he had not kept it even I use to say “you must have kept it”. He just kept quiet. But later I came to know about the place and it was always the same and I myself realized that why am I shouting at him. Once he said to me “ bache apne aap he sekhtae hain( Children learn by themselves)”. I daily use to woke up walk up to him and say something and then lie down beside him and sleep again. I had lot of fights with him and he was never angry on me. He was just realizing that I am becoming responsible son and we had lot of dreams together and we use to plan a lot. His smile, his eyes, his habits, his innocence, his politeness , his sense of responsibility , his teachings , his knowledge , his humble nature, his moral values, his love for humans and animals, being non arrogant , no anger, he was never hungry for money , his voice :-“ hello Sonu beta , theak ho ( My Son — Sonu , are you fine)” , his watch, his mobile case, his phone, his shoes, his specs , his laugh, his jokes and all the qualities that were infinite. Amit Dixit
Every child ought to know the light of knowledge.
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Every child ought to know the light of knowledge. Lailah Gifty Akita
Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and...
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Stunt dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and creates the new out of the old. L. Frank Baum
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We feel stuck in a rut, unable to say ‘no’ to our parents, unable to put an end to their controlling behavior, unable to grab hold of our own lives, simply because we fear that we will hurt, insult, disrespect or disappoint our parents (entire families). Lukasz Laniecki
Mistakes are part of life. And yet, for some reason,...
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Mistakes are part of life. And yet, for some reason, most parents in this world, wish their children made no mistakes at all, or as little as possible. Lukasz Laniecki
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It’s not their (parents’) job to prevent their children from making mistakes, because mistakes are a normal part of our lives. It’s like preventing those children from having a real experience. A real life. Lukasz Laniecki
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It’s entirely on our children to build their best futures. Not on us, parents. And we should be imprinting this message on our children’s brains from as early as possible. Lukasz Laniecki
The home is a place where we show our children...
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The home is a place where we show our children that we can communicate, learn, and succeed together. Farshad Asl
Children must be taught how to think, not what to...
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Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. Margaret Mead
We spend the first year of a child's life teaching...
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We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There's something wrong there. Neil Degrasse Tyson
When you take the time to actually listen, with humility,...
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When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children. Greg Mortenson
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Children are living beings - more living than grown-up people who have built shells of habit around themselves. Therefore it is absolutely necessary for their mental health and development that they should not have mere schools for their lessons, but a world whose guiding spirit is personal love. Rabindranath Tagore